What's new at MLS

This is a reminder that our next Health Care Working Group meeting is next Tuesday, April 13, at 3:30pm. We'll be discussing:    1. Brief overview of the American Rescue Plan's impact on Medicaid and Health Connector  2. MassHealth's plan to resume…

Dear SNAP Coalition members: If you registered for the Mass Continuing Legal Education Immigrant/Benefits training that was scheduled for April 8th, it has been POSTPONED to May 6th.    The MCLE server has been down for a couple of weeks. They have IT staff working on it round…

This is just a brief reminder of our upcoming SNAP Coalition meeting on Tuesday, April 13th from 10 to 11:30 AM.  We will have a robust agenda with updates on the SNAP emergency allotments, P-EBT and federal and state legislative updates.   See Zoom…

MCLE, our host for this training, is still having problems with its server and has postponed this training until May 6, 2021. Once the server is back up, people who pre-registered for the April 8, 2021 will be notified about the rescheduled date by MCLE. Apologies if you have reregistered or…

Seriously, this is NO JOKE!  Yesterday, April 1st, the Biden Administration announced that the very lowest income households, the poorest SNAP recipients, will get an additional boost in their SNAP benefits. See April 1st media announcement.  And Massachusetts households will…

Happy New Year! A number of updates and info on tomorrow's Coalition meeting below.    First 2021 Coalition meeting on Tues 1/5 @ 10 AM!     Our agenda will include: Federal updates on SNAP and P-EBT, next steps with the Biden/Harris…

Happy new year, everyone!   This is a reminder to let me know (by emailing me at ksymmonds@mlri.org) by NOON today (January 4) if your organization would like to sign on to the comments that HCFA, HLA, GBLS, and MLRI jointly drafted, responding to CMS's Interim…